In Friday's 8-3 win over the Giants, Utley wowed the Citizens Bank Park crowd with two towering home runs, the first of which reached the second deck in right field.

Utley's week has catapulted him to the top of the leaderboard among second basemen. His .581 slugging percentage is best in the Majors at the position, and he is second in hits and RBIs.

As Utley has heated up, so have the Phillies, who swept consecutive series against Florida, Atlanta and San Francisco to move over .500 for the first time this season. They now trail the first-place Mets by four games, heading into a three-game series against New York at Citizens Bank Park.

This is the second National League Player of the Week award for Utley, who was honored after batting .471 for the week of July 11-17, 2005.